Sentence Examples with the word Conning

She was close to the eastern pier when a heavy shell burst close to the conning tower, which must have killed the commander for he was never seen again.

The disturbance of the compass by the magnetism of the hull is generally modified, sometimes favourably, more often un favourably, by the magnetized fittings of the ship, such as masts, conning towers, deck houses, engines and boilers.